Kettle-drainer.



PATENTBD OCT. 16, 1906.

P. KELLY. KBTTLE DRAINER; APPLICATION FILED MAY IB, 1 904.

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- lug to receive the two wires forming the arms I PATRICK KELLY, OF DE PEYSTER, NEW YORK,

' K ETTLE-DRA|NER'.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented a. s, 1906.

Application filed May 18, 1904. Serial No. 208,532-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK KELLY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at De Peyster, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Kettle-Drainer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of kettledrainers adapted to beheld close to the rim of the kettle or pot while such vessel is tilted forward to allow its fluid contents to flow through the perforations in such drainer, while its more solid contents are retained in such vessel; and the objects of my improvement are to provide a drainer the several parts of which will fold closely together when not in use, so as to be easily stored, one in which all parts are easily accessible for cleaning, which can be readily applied to difi'erentsized vessels, and by which when in use the kettle can be firmly held and tilted while the hands manipulating the same will be held away from the steam escaping from the kettle, which otherwise would be liable to scald the hands of the operator, and also to provide a household implement that can be economically manufactured and repaired. These objects I attain by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which A represents a flat plate of sheet metal (preferably of tin-plate) adapted to fit over the greater portion of an ordinary culinary kettle or bailed pot (which is represented, where covered, by the dotted lines) and having apertures B of such size and frequency as is found most suitable for the purposes indicated. At its rear side this plate A is cut in the form of two lugs C O, which are bent up at right angles to the surface of said plate and provided with a hole through each of the bent tilter D, which wires are extended through such holes and across said plate to near the front edge thereof, where the ends are bent downwardly, passed through suitable holes in said plate and fastened thereto, so as to project beyond the under face of said plate, as shown at E, and adapted to bear against the outer edge of the rim of the kettle to be used therewith. Midway between said projections E E the edge of said plateA is cut so as to form the lip F, which is then bent downwardly, so as to bear against the inner edge of said kettle-rim and in conjunction with the projections E E clasp said rim. 1

A short distance from the front edge of said plate A and near the wires of the tilter D is formed 011 said plate the two lugs G G, either by cutting them from the material of said plate A and bending them upwardly from and at right angles to its upper face or by forming them separately and attaching them to said plate ner of attaching lugs to tin or metal ware. Through suitable holes formed in the upper part of these lugs G are hinged the wires of the support H, which are brought together and carried upward and formed into a handle 1. Along the middle portion of this support H is inserted, between the wires thereof, the notched bail-holder J, made, preferably, with the notches on the folded edge of a strip of sheet metal the free ends of which are bent from the rear forward, so as to tightly clasp the said wires and solder or in any suitable manner.

At the rear end of the tilter D and midway of the loop thereof is formed the spindle K, upon which is hinged the extension L, the free end of which is formed'into. a handle to correspond with the handle I, so that both corresponding handles may be grasped at the same time by the one hand for the purposes hereinafter explained.

To operate my said kettle-drainer, the

' plate A being first placed over the top of the kettle with the lip F on the inside of the rim and the wire ends E E on the outside of the rim on the same side of the kettle as the kettle bail, said bail is then brought into an upright position and the sup that one of the teeth of the rack J engages with and holds said bail. The handle of the extension L is then brought forward to coincide with the handle I. Such coinciding handles being then grasped the kettle may be lifted thereby from the stove and carried to any desired place, while it may be steadied by the other hand grasping the loop of the tilter sired said kettle may be tilted to any degree by raising the said loop and the fluid in the kettle thereby drained through the perforations in the plate A, while the vegetables in said kettle will be retained therein by the plate A. When said kettle-drainer is not in use, the extension L may be folded down on the plate A and the support H folded backward thereon, making a flat and convenientshaped package for stowing away.

Having now described my said invention in the customary man' be secured thereto by port H raised, so

by the one hand,

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D, and when deplate having an ear struck up therefrom at its forward edge and arranged to lie against the inner faceof a kettle, a tilting member comprising spaced arms engaged with the plate, said arms having their forward ends bent downwardly and extending through the plate and arranged to lie with their bent ends against the outer side of a kettle upon opposite sides of the ear, and handle members carried by the plate and said tilting member.

PATRICK KELLY. In presence of- EDWARD P. LYNCH, ELBERT H. FLAoK. 

